How To Adjust And Maintain Reverse; Check For Proper Reverse Disc Adjustment; New Block Has Neutral Position; Motor Mount Rests On Plunger Bolt - Troy-Bilt Horse Owner's Manual

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HOW TO ADJUST & MAINTAIN REVERSE
CHECK FOR PROPER REVERSE DISC
ADJUSTMENT
Put the Forward/Reverse Lever in Neutral
Position so that the clutch roller is resting with-
in the indentation on the belt adjustment block
(as shown by arrow in Photo 7/23). The lever
should not be in Forward or Reverse.
If all is properly adjusted in Neutral, the cast-
iron motor mount (part #1002) should be rest-
ing (as shown in Photo 7/24) squarely on top of
the plunger bolt, or close enough to it so that
you can hardly see d€!.ylight between them.
Neutral position does not have to be at any
specific position within the indentation or on
the face of the adjustment block (Part #1133)
(as shown in Photo 7/23). The Neutral position
that the roller takes on the adjustment block
resu Its primarily from the tension on the reverse
spring and the overall length of the belts. As
belts get older and stretch (sometimes not for
a year or two), and as successive adjustments
are made for belt tension, the Neutral position
of the roller will gradually move higher and
higher on the block-until the block hits bottom
and there is no more adjustment room left be-
cause belts have stretched too much.
With the leverin Reverse and the motor mount
pressing down on the reverse adjustment bolt
(Photo 7/22) To operate a Troy-Bi/t, you know
that you must LIFT and HOLD the ForwardlRe-
verse Lever in upward position in order to re-
verse the tiller at all. When you do, this brings
into play primarily four components that con-
trol the tiller's reverse action: (1) the Forward/
Reverse Assembly, (2) the Reverse Spring and
Plunger Assembly, (3) the reverse disc, and (4)
the transmission drive pulley.
(Photo 7/23) New block has neutral position.
(Photo 7/24) Motor mount rests on plunger bolt.
(Photo 7/25) With ForwardlReverse lever in
reverse.